This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FdQBAEB/23.112.113.228.2.1.3.2 Message Board Post: Noah Sweatt was born January 11, 1843. According to the 1880 Marion Co., SC census, Noah was the son of Benjamin Sweat who was listed as 69 yrs old on the 1880 census. Ca 1867 Noah married Susanna Clark (per her death certificate.) Other sources have stated that Susanna's surname was Barkley. Susanna apparently had been married previously - the 1880 Marion Co., SC census lists Charles as Noah's step son. The 1910 census lists Susanna as having 5 of 6 children living. Known children are: Lizzie, John, Rebecca, Lulu, and Charles (stepson of Noah.) Noah and Susanna are buried in the cemetery behind the Little Bless Holiness Church near Latta. It has been said that Noah donated the land on which Little Bless Church was built, and in return, he was given the strip of land for family burials. This has not been able to be documented. Many others, including Rebecca and David Powers, are buried at Sweatt Cemetery. On September 28, 1861, at the ageo f 18, Noah joined the Confederate Army - Capt. C. J. Fladger's Co., Hatch's Battalion Coast Rangers. This compnay later became Co. E, 23rd Reg. S. C. Infantry on November 15, 1861. Noah is listed as one of the prisoners of the 23rd SC Regiment that were taken by Capt. Rodgers on the Northeastern Railroad on May 17, 1863. On a company muster roll for Feb. 29 to June 30, 1864, Private Noah Sweatt is listed as wounded. On August 13, 1864, he was admitted to the General Hospital, Petersburg, VA with a fractured shoulder. He was given 60 days furlough, beginning Sept. 1, 1864. The January and February 1865 Company Muster Roll lists Private N. Sweatt as absent without leave since November 1, 1864. (It may be that head not been paid since December 31, 1863.) According to family history, when Noah's daughter, Becky Jane, married David Powers in 1900, Noah and Susan refused to let Becky's three children (Carl, 'Pinkie', and Helen) go live with Becky Jane and her new husband. During his lifetime, Noah Sweatt was a soldier, a farmer, built coffins, and ran a small store near the mill in Dillon until his death around 1934. According to a letter from atty. G. G. McLaurin dated April 16, 1986, "Noah Sweatt operated a very small business on South Railroad Ave. (near the tobacco warehouses) for a short time, possibly around 1912-1915. I believe he left there and moved down to or near the cotton mill. I don't think I ever saw him more than 3 or 4 times. He appeared to be a rather old man, perhaps a little above medium size, hair rather long, and a heavy beard. Every time I saw him, he had on an old wool hat pulled well down on his head." Susanna Clarke? was born August 11, 1841 and died May 4, 1913. It has been said that Susanna was a cook in a "slave camp." But this has not been confirmed.